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Subject Source: Gilcrease Dci Tags

Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:

Typed copy of resolutions by a Cherokee Nation committee concerning a conspiracy against the Principal Chief, January 16, 1841

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: 4026.5266
Description

Typed copy of a series of resolutions by a committee of the Cherokee Nation near Tahlequah concerning a report of conspiracy to assassinate the Principal Chief. They resolve measures for the immediate apprehension of any future attempts. Folder 27

Dates: January 16, 1841

Typed transcript of "The Trial of Calvin Coker" originally published in The Indian Journal, June 22, 1876

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 46
Identifier: 4126.139
Description

Typed transcript of "The Trial of Calvin Coker", as reported in the publication The Indian Journal, Muskogee, Oklahoma, edited by W. P. Ross and chartered by the Creek Council. Coker stood trial and was acquitted for the murder of Isaac Journeycake. Folder 46

Dates: June 22, 1876

Typescript of an act amended by the Cherokee National Council, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 69
Identifier: 5127.488
Description

Typescript of an act by the Cherokee National Council to amend an act titled "Tax on Stock grazing upon Cherokee Lands west of the 96° Meridian." Four pages. Folder 69

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Typescript of biography of Joseph Roger's family, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 92
Identifier: 4017.5292
Description

Typescript of biography of Jospeh Roger's family. Roger was one fourth Cherokee and the lives of his descendants are detaied. Eleven pages. Folder 92

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Typescript of "Historical Sketches of the Cherokees; together with some of their Customs, Traditions and Superstitions", 1889

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 52
Identifier: 3026.350
Description

Typescript of "Historical Sketches of the Cherokees; together with some of their Customs, Traditions and Superstitions" by Wah-ne-nau-hi, a Cherokee woman formally known as Mrs. Lucy Keys. The text covers both pre and post-European contact history, including Sequoyah, George Lowery, and the Trail of Tears. There is also a family tree of the Oolootas of the Holly Clan. The original document is in the Smithsonian Institute. Folder 52

Dates: 1889

Typescript regarding conditions of the Hopewell Treaty of 1775 and the Holston Treaty of 1791, mid-19th century - mid-20th century

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 70
Identifier: 4817.15
Description

Typescript summarizing the conditions of the Hopewell Treaty of 1775 and the Holston Treaty of 1791. Folder 70

Dates: mid-19th century - mid-20th century

Unsigned Copy of Letter to William H. Underwood, Esquire, June 1, 1831

 Item — Folder 59: [Barcode: 187.59]
Identifier: 4026.86
Description

Unsigned copy of letter to William H. Underwood, Esquire seeking information about the developments since the Supreme Court decision. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 59



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: June 1, 1831

Young Buffalo Wild West Newspaper Article, May 1912

 Item — Folder 41: [Barcode: 232.41]
Identifier: 4117.632
Description

101 Ranch Newspapers Collection. Folder 41

Dates: May 1912